Jonathan Stoddard

Jonathan Stoddard
United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut
In office
1844–1849
PresidentJohn Tyler
James K. Polk
Preceded byCharles Chapman
Succeeded byThomas Clap Perkins
Personal details
Born(1807-10-08)October 8, 1807
Derby, Connecticut, US
DiedAugust 27, 1855(1855-08-27) (aged 47)
New Haven, Connecticut, US
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materYale (1831)
Yale Law School (1833)
ProfessionLawyer

Jonathan Stoddard (October 9, 1807 – August 8, 1855) was an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut under two presidents[1]

Biography

Jonathan Stoddard was born in Derby, Connecticut on October 9, 1807. After graduating his father's alma mater, Yale, in 1831,[2] he began Yale Law School. Upon his graduation in 1833 he was admitted to the New Haven Bar. He was a Democrat and spent five years serving as the United States Attorney for the district of Connecticut. He died unmarried of an unknown illness in 1845.[3]

References

  1. ^ "About the Office". www.justice.gov. 2015-03-18. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
  2. ^ The Judicial and Civil History of Connecticut. Boston History Company. 1895.
  3. ^ Dexter, Franklin Bowditch (1913). Biographical Notices of Graduates of Yale College: Including Those Graduated in Classes Later Than 1815, who are Not Commemorated in the Annual Obituary Records. Yale College. p. 227. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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